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Kathi MacNaughton

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RN health writer & family caregiver for a person living with COPD

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posted 08/01/2009, comments (0)

COPD Caregiver Perspectives - Dealing with Depression

This is the fifth post in an ongoing series on the 5-stage grieving process experienced by those caring for a person with COPD. It's not easy being a caregiver for someone with COPD. Watching them slowly lose the person they once were is extremely tough to live through. Losing hope is almost inevitable, at least some of the time. The next... Read more Chevron

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Kathi MacNaughton

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posted 07/15/2009, comments (0)

COPD Caregiver Perspectives: Bargaining for Hope

This is the fourth post in an ongoing series on the 5-stage grieving process experienced by those caring for a person with COPD. Watching someone you love die by inches isn't easy, is it? So, it's only natural to do everything you can to try to change their fate (and yours). The next stage in the grieving process, after anger, is often... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/15/2009, comments (0)

Mortality Focus: Cigarettes Have Consequences

When icons die -- especially one after the other, e.g., Ed McMahon, Farah Fawcett, and the legendary Michael Jackson -- we, at least momentarily, tend to focus on our own mortality. Life in progress or finite follies as I sometimes call it, can include powerful addictive disorders. When celebrities croak, we may feel more vulnerable than usual and... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/14/2009, comments (0)

Banning Smoking in the Military

Come on give em a break already!!!! It's just more legilative behavior by the U.S. Govt. and our Celebrity President Obama. The road side bombs, the constant battles the endure daily. They inhale alot more toxins from that place what the hell.... Ie it helps reduce the stress. Let them be!!!! Dewalt

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Kathi MacNaughton

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posted 07/07/2009, comments (0)

Portable Oxygen - Untethering the Cords That Bind

When a person with COPD is told that his or her lung condition has deteriorated to the point that supplemental oxygen is needed, feelings of despair and fears of being trapped at home begin to creep in. After all, if you need oxygen to breathe, then how will you ever leave home without that big, heavy tank sitting in your living room? The... Read more Chevron

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